Friday, February 22, 2008

A WALK ON THE SALÈVE FLANKS - PART I

The other week, we decided to go exploring the flanks of the Salève; an unknown area for us...

So, we crossed the Veyrier customs and headed straight towards the disgusting quarry that is eating our beautiful mountain and making it look more and more like a piece of rotten cheese (it really makes me angry to see how it gets destroyed day by day without anybody caring or seeing how the mining/quarrying it is getting out of control...)! Then, we walked on a road in direction of Bossey and continued till Collonges-Sous-Salève.

It was a wonderful sunny and spring-like day. The view was incredible. We could see the whole "cuvette genevoise (Geneva basin)", the Jura mountains, the Jet d'Eau and the town of Geneva.See "Google Map" here. Please click on pictures to enlarge.